New England Condominium magazine - News

10.03.08 Feral cats to be trapped

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

10.03.08 The Highwood Condominium Association's board of trustees has decided to trap and euthanize a colony of feral cats at the complex that has been the center of a neighborhood dispute, according to Franklin, Massachusetts, Animal Control Officer Cindy Souza.[Milford Daily News]

10.02.08 Real estate group disavows condo law

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

10.02.08 When a proposal to regulate the condo conversion process returned to aldermen this summer after being roundly rejected by an outraged public in 2006, supporters stressed that the Greater Boston Real Estate Board participated in drafting the new version.

However, earlier this month the board clearly expressed that it “does not support [the ordinance] and made it clear to all parties involved in the creation of the ordinance that as an organization, GBREB can not support it.” [The Somerville News]

09.14.08 Pigeons bring home a flock of problems

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

09.14.08 Zenophon Tomaras flew model airplanes for a hobby until he developed a muscular disorder that makes it nearly impossible for him to use the controls. The 78-year-old Doylestown Township man’s doctor recommended that he replace his airplanes with homing pigeons; he could make the birds fly without pushing any buttons. So Tomaras bought and trained six homing pigeons, and set them up in a coop in his backyard. [The Intelligencer]

09.12.08 Taylor River Estates remains off Hampton town plowing list

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

09.12.08 So far, Hampton, NH, selectmen have declared 11 private roads in town as emergency lanes in order to legally continue providing snow plowing to those who live there. But the one private road that started the controversy on whether the town has a legal right to plow private roads will not be plowed this winter, at least by the town.[seacoastonline.com]

08.29.08 Condo Plan Gives Owners a Chance to Build Community

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

08.29.08 A psychologist with a dream of building a community focused on harmonious living, diversity and energy efficiency plans to break ground next month in Buxton for the first co-housing project to be built in Maine in a decade. [Portland Press Herald]

08.20.08 Guilty Plea In Thefts From Newington Condo Group

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

08.20.08 A former employee of the Glen Oaks Condominium Association in Newington, CT, pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally cashing $9,253 worth of company checks last year to feed his drug habit. [Hartford Courant]

08.13.08 Condo dwellers want in on recycling

no@spam.com (Pat Gale) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

08.13.08 Most of the 30 condominium owners at Jamestown Court enthusiastically recycled household throwaways, when South Portland, Maine, provided large blue bins and curbside service a month ago. Then, the trucks abruptly stopped picking up recyclables without notice. The service has yet to restart. [KeepMEcurrent.com]